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Ex-Air Marshal MacLean Protected as Whistleblower, SCOTUS Finds
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
In 2003, an air marshal named Robert MacLean went to the press with a story that the TSA was ineffectual at protecting us from potential airplane hijackings....
Holt v. Hobbs: SCOTUS Says Muslim Prisoner Can Have Half-Inch Beard
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
In a case that Court-watchers were eagerly anticipating, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously today in Holt v. Hobbs that a prison policy prohibiting...
SCOTUS Grants Cert. to Gay Marriage Cases: 2 Questions Presented
By Daniel Taylor, Esq. | Last updated on
Following the Sixth Circuit's decision in November upholding gay marriage bans in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, and Tennessee, many felt it was a matter of "when"...
SCOTUS: Borrower Can Rescind Mortgage Just by Sending a Letter
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
How do you have to "notify" a creditor of an intent to rescind a mortgage? Five circuits to decide the issue held that "notify" meant filing a lawsuit, while...
SCOTUS Oral Argument Preview: Week of January 12, 2015
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
After a nice, long, break, the Supreme Court is raring to go again, starting the second half of its October 2014 term with oral arguments on January 12. The...
2014 Fed. Judiciary Report: E-Filings, but Still No Cameras at SCOTUS
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
"Pneumatics!" begins Chief Justice Roberts' annual year-end report on the federal judiciary. In 1893, The Washington Post heralded the pneumatic tube as a...
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